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He/Him. • Philosophy • Psychoanalysis ∴ • Politics. Video Essayist? on YouTube. non-Video Essayist on Substack. Graphic / Motion / Web Designer.
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The Desert | Isocratic. | Substack
Discussing non-All things through the lens of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and politics. Click to read The Desert, by Isocratic., a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
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Christmas season is tiring 😴
December 25, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Christmas season is tiring 😴
Got something accomplished today. A big part of a project. Which is good.
December 20, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Got something accomplished today. A big part of a project. Which is good.
The more I think about it, the more I realize my mindset for thinking and figuring stuff out in design, is very much the same as that of a programmer
December 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The more I think about it, the more I realize my mindset for thinking and figuring stuff out in design, is very much the same as that of a programmer
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Žižek:
"Marx’s insight remains fully valid: this inclusion/exclusion is overdetermined by the fundamental social antagonism (“class struggle”), which, for that very reason, can never be adequately translated into the form of democratic competition."
"Marx’s insight remains fully valid: this inclusion/exclusion is overdetermined by the fundamental social antagonism (“class struggle”), which, for that very reason, can never be adequately translated into the form of democratic competition."
December 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Žižek:
"Marx’s insight remains fully valid: this inclusion/exclusion is overdetermined by the fundamental social antagonism (“class struggle”), which, for that very reason, can never be adequately translated into the form of democratic competition."
"Marx’s insight remains fully valid: this inclusion/exclusion is overdetermined by the fundamental social antagonism (“class struggle”), which, for that very reason, can never be adequately translated into the form of democratic competition."
There it is again, that funny feeling
That funny feeling
That funny feeling
December 19, 2024 at 4:45 AM
There it is again, that funny feeling
That funny feeling
That funny feeling
The future scares me sometimes
December 17, 2024 at 2:28 AM
The future scares me sometimes
I have too many interests…
December 14, 2024 at 10:08 PM
I have too many interests…
I hate feeling off when I feel like I’m supposed to be happy and jolly
December 12, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I hate feeling off when I feel like I’m supposed to be happy and jolly
“I am where I think not.”
- Jacques Lacan
- Jacques Lacan
December 12, 2024 at 7:56 PM
“I am where I think not.”
- Jacques Lacan
- Jacques Lacan
“I always speak the truth. Not the whole truth, because there's no way, to say it all. Saying it all is literally impossible: words fail. Yet it's through this very impossibility that the truth holds onto the real.”
- Jacques Lacan
- Jacques Lacan
December 12, 2024 at 7:53 PM
“I always speak the truth. Not the whole truth, because there's no way, to say it all. Saying it all is literally impossible: words fail. Yet it's through this very impossibility that the truth holds onto the real.”
- Jacques Lacan
- Jacques Lacan
Drink water? But Thales said everything was water. I don’t need water, I am water, and so is everything else.
December 9, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Drink water? But Thales said everything was water. I don’t need water, I am water, and so is everything else.
Got a new phone for the first time in like half a decade… phone cameras have much improved since 2017
December 5, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Got a new phone for the first time in like half a decade… phone cameras have much improved since 2017
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Lacan am Morgen …
Žižek in 2003 after a television interview.
(by LCA who left BlueSky when everyone else began to join …)
Žižek in 2003 after a television interview.
(by LCA who left BlueSky when everyone else began to join …)
December 4, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Lacan am Morgen …
Žižek in 2003 after a television interview.
(by LCA who left BlueSky when everyone else began to join …)
Žižek in 2003 after a television interview.
(by LCA who left BlueSky when everyone else began to join …)
Santa is the Signifier or symbolic representation of Capitalism as God. A reflection of Marx’s quote “All that is solid melts into air” as Santa brings material gifts via magic. The epitome of commodity fetishism. Objects become transcendent through Santa just as capitalism. In this essay I will…
December 4, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Santa is the Signifier or symbolic representation of Capitalism as God. A reflection of Marx’s quote “All that is solid melts into air” as Santa brings material gifts via magic. The epitome of commodity fetishism. Objects become transcendent through Santa just as capitalism. In this essay I will…
Been looking into a lot of Mystics as of recent, and it’s really crazy how some of the concepts connect to the philosophy or even psychoanalytic theory I read.
Not stuff like “reincarnation” but the sort of Not-being in being itself, etc. Very interesting crossover.
Not stuff like “reincarnation” but the sort of Not-being in being itself, etc. Very interesting crossover.
December 1, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Been looking into a lot of Mystics as of recent, and it’s really crazy how some of the concepts connect to the philosophy or even psychoanalytic theory I read.
Not stuff like “reincarnation” but the sort of Not-being in being itself, etc. Very interesting crossover.
Not stuff like “reincarnation” but the sort of Not-being in being itself, etc. Very interesting crossover.
Lips are dry, head hurts, worried sickness may be on its way
December 1, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Lips are dry, head hurts, worried sickness may be on its way
To add to the poor luck today some ass threw a beer full force into my trash can making it splash all over my door, doormat, the floor and walls, and pool all in my trashcan.
I hate living in a college town.
I hate living in a college town.
I am the most unlucky person when it comes to getting nails in my tires. In the past 2-3 years I’ve probably gotten like 10
November 27, 2024 at 12:57 AM
To add to the poor luck today some ass threw a beer full force into my trash can making it splash all over my door, doormat, the floor and walls, and pool all in my trashcan.
I hate living in a college town.
I hate living in a college town.
I am the most unlucky person when it comes to getting nails in my tires. In the past 2-3 years I’ve probably gotten like 10
November 26, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I am the most unlucky person when it comes to getting nails in my tires. In the past 2-3 years I’ve probably gotten like 10
I read about a 3rd of the book I’m reading yesterday. I’m back baby
November 25, 2024 at 12:18 AM
I read about a 3rd of the book I’m reading yesterday. I’m back baby
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Stephen Houlgate | Hegel's Critique of Spinoza
YouTube video by Speculative Thought
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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“Most men are subjective toward themselves and objective toward all others, frightfully objective sometimes – but the task is precisely to be objective toward oneself and subjective toward all others.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Journals and Papers
#philosophy #philsky
— Søren Kierkegaard, Journals and Papers
#philosophy #philsky
November 20, 2024 at 8:10 PM
“Most men are subjective toward themselves and objective toward all others, frightfully objective sometimes – but the task is precisely to be objective toward oneself and subjective toward all others.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Journals and Papers
#philosophy #philsky
— Søren Kierkegaard, Journals and Papers
#philosophy #philsky
Bluesky is actually the best site to combat echo chambers, because of custom feeds.
Algorithms on most social media are what create echo chambers. Here you control of that.
Same with outrage, others use algorithms to enrage you when you log on, to keep you interacting. Here you control that.
Algorithms on most social media are what create echo chambers. Here you control of that.
Same with outrage, others use algorithms to enrage you when you log on, to keep you interacting. Here you control that.
“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys
November 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Bluesky is actually the best site to combat echo chambers, because of custom feeds.
Algorithms on most social media are what create echo chambers. Here you control of that.
Same with outrage, others use algorithms to enrage you when you log on, to keep you interacting. Here you control that.
Algorithms on most social media are what create echo chambers. Here you control of that.
Same with outrage, others use algorithms to enrage you when you log on, to keep you interacting. Here you control that.
Moving to Bluesky from twitter is like when you move from High School to University. You can reinvent yourself here, you can start over in a sense.
November 17, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Moving to Bluesky from twitter is like when you move from High School to University. You can reinvent yourself here, you can start over in a sense.